Owning more expensive than renting

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:04:21 GMT, Jon Kraus
wrote:

Speaking of washing planes. How do you get your plane washed in the
winter? Mine could use it and I have no idea what to do. Thanks!!

I figure that's added insulation.

Mine rarely gets washed in the winter.

OTOH you can use the so called "dry wash". It's not really dry and
goes on much like wax with a wet cloth. It does a good job on
everything except grease and oil. There, I guess you could use some
solvent followed by the dry wash.

It does need above freezing temperatures though.
A couple of the catalytic LP gas heaters do a pretty good job of
making the hanger warm enough you can shed the "long snuggies", but
it's definitely not tropical in there.


Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Dirty Mooney Owner


Jay Honeck wrote:

I find walking out to a rental airplane that someone else has already
washed, fueled, fixed, annualed, etc. etc. etc. pretty damn convenient.

Down time is the only time I miss the multi-plane club.

There
are two sides to every story.


Wow -- the rental planes I used to fly we

a) Clapped out

That's the only kind I can afford.

b) Unwashed -- for years

Why wash? Bugs stick better to a clean plane.
Once they build up a layer it doesn't seem to get any thicker.
As slippery as they are, you'd think they'd make the plane go faster.

c) Rarely fueled by anyone except me

Your contributions are appreciated, but not acknowledged publicly.

d) Had lots of things wrong -- or, at least, not quite right

You are describing a normal airplane.
and they say, FORD = Fix, Or Repair Daily.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

And if it was hangared (few were), I had to drag the thing out of a group
hangar from behind a couple of other planes.

There is nothing about renting that I miss -- except at annual time.

;-)